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The Viking Age. Volume 1 (of 2)

Note 243 — Chapter XXI · RELIGION.—ALTARS, TEMPLES, HIGH-SEAT PILLARS, ETC.

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Shining like glass. Amber is called gler; and in Sigrdrifumál, st. 17, we find that runes were written on gler or amber.

The hörg is also mentioned in Völuspa, 7; Helgakvida Hjorvardssonar, 4; Landnáma ii. 16; Elder Gulathing’s Law, ch. 29; Orvar Odd, p. 29; Hervarar Saga, 1.

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